Pino Palladino
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Pino Palladino's Gear
On this article we can see the Snark tuner on Pino's pedalboard.
Pino Palladino used the Ernie Ball Music Man Bongo bass during The Who tour, as documented by The Bass Gallery.
In this photo of Pino on studio with John Mayer Trio published on Facebook we can see his pedalboard with the Vodoo Lab Pedal Power
The Polytune can be found at the far bottom right of the pedalboard.
In a photo captured during The Who's performance in Philadelphia on October 26, 2008, Pino Palladino is seen using Fender Strap Blocks.
A "reversed" NS10 speaker was used to mike Palladino's bass on John Mayer's Continuum, as stated by recording engineer Chad Franscoviak in this October 1, 2006 Mix Online interview.
“Then, every once in a while, if [John] wanted a beefy sound, I would use a [Yamaha] NS10 speaker that had been reversed,” Franscoviak says. “I would put that right up on the cone of one of his cabinets to get that real low-end thing.”
(...) To capture Palladino's bass, his instrument typically went into either an Ampeg SVT or B-15 into an Avalon U5 mono instrument preamp and DI. “I took the throughput into his amplifier and usually put a FET 47 close up, and on occasion an RE20. Then I almost always put an NS-10 on his bass cabinet to get the ultralow stuff,” Franscoviak explains. “I would compress the DI and the FET 47 lightly, not in any way that would effect the dynamics of his performance, only for tonal reasons. I would never put a compressor on the NS-10.”
Used on John Mayer's Continuum, as stated by recording engineer Chad Franscoviak in this October 1, 2006 Mix Online interview.
To capture Palladino's bass, his instrument typically went into either an Ampeg SVT or B-15 into an Avalon U5 mono instrument preamp and DI. “I took the throughput into his amplifier and usually put a FET 47 close up, and on occasion an RE20. Then I almost always put an NS-10 on his bass cabinet to get the ultralow stuff,” Franscoviak explains. “I would compress the DI and the FET 47 lightly, not in any way that would effect the dynamics of his performance, only for tonal reasons. I would never put a compressor on the NS-10.”
In this photo we can see Pino's bass with a green Ernie Ball Poly strap.
810 Fender cabinet and matching head can be seen in the video at 19:22 mark
Used "occasionally" on John Mayer's Continuum, as stated by recording engineer Chad Franscoviak in this October 1, 2006 Mix Online interview.
To capture Palladino's bass, his instrument typically went into either an Ampeg SVT or B-15 into an Avalon U5 mono instrument preamp and DI. “I took the throughput into his amplifier and usually put a FET 47 close up, and on occasion an RE20. Then I almost always put an NS-10 on his bass cabinet to get the ultralow stuff,” Franscoviak explains. “I would compress the DI and the FET 47 lightly, not in any way that would effect the dynamics of his performance, only for tonal reasons. I would never put a compressor on the NS-10.”
In this article we can see the Fender channel switch pedal in Pino's pedalboard.
Listed on Pino's official Ashdown artist page.
Pino favored a vintage 1961 Fender Precision in the early 2000s, which he notably used on Paul Simon’s 2006 album Surprise. The body of his signature edition Fiesta Red p-bass is based on it, while the neck was based on a 1963.
In the World Cafe studio session and interview with Blake Mills and Pino Palladino, Pino Palladino is seen using a Boss GP-10 Guitar Processor alongside his Godin Nylon Guitar at the 13:48 mark. This information is verified in the video provided by World Cafe on their YouTube channel.
In the video titled "Blake Mills & Pino Palladino on World Cafe | Studio Session & Interview" by World Cafe on YouTube, Pino Palladino is seen playing a Godin Multiac Nylon SA guitar at the 13:09 mark. This serves as visual confirmation of his use of this specific musical instrument.
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